A 3-year-old girl was trapped in a washing machine at a local laundromat yesterday afternoon, Rockland police chief said.
The girl, Jennifer Childs, climbed into the washer while playing with her sister.
Rockland resident Paul Hecker heard screams coming from the laundromat and ran inside to see what was going on. Hecker used a hammer to smash the glass door of the washing machine. Childs was trapped in the washer for more than five minutes before she was rescued, Police Chief Ralph Robinson said.
Childs was admitted to Rockland Hospital yesterday afternoon and was listed in good condition.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Tip Sheet
Covering Events
1. Obtain any available advance information and conduct research about the speaker and/or topic before the event. For broadcast and multi-media online reports get as much video and audio done before the event as you can.
2. Prepare questions in advance and ask additional clarifying questions that you may think of during the event.
3. Listen carefully and take good notes -- jot down anything that seems important.
4. Watch for sparks amongst the speaker(s) and the audience.
5. Check, double check, and triple check details. Be sure to have a contact at the event in case you need to verify details or ask follow-up questions.
Finding the story
6. Go through your notes and find the most important or interesting thing(s) that was said or happened, and focus on that.
7. Examine your notes to find the 5 W's and an H. (Who, what, when, where, why, how)
Writing the lede (summary lede)
8. Lede formula: Who did what when, source said.
9. Ledes should be a one sentenct paragraph, 30 words or less.
10. Use active voice: Subject Verb Object
Writing the story
11. Check all your facts (again, and again): names, dates, places, corporate names, titles, numbers, graphics.
12. Follow the inverted pyramid format: start with the most important details and work your way down to the least important details.
1. Obtain any available advance information and conduct research about the speaker and/or topic before the event. For broadcast and multi-media online reports get as much video and audio done before the event as you can.
2. Prepare questions in advance and ask additional clarifying questions that you may think of during the event.
3. Listen carefully and take good notes -- jot down anything that seems important.
4. Watch for sparks amongst the speaker(s) and the audience.
5. Check, double check, and triple check details. Be sure to have a contact at the event in case you need to verify details or ask follow-up questions.
Finding the story
6. Go through your notes and find the most important or interesting thing(s) that was said or happened, and focus on that.
7. Examine your notes to find the 5 W's and an H. (Who, what, when, where, why, how)
Writing the lede (summary lede)
8. Lede formula: Who did what when, source said.
9. Ledes should be a one sentenct paragraph, 30 words or less.
10. Use active voice: Subject Verb Object
Writing the story
11. Check all your facts (again, and again): names, dates, places, corporate names, titles, numbers, graphics.
12. Follow the inverted pyramid format: start with the most important details and work your way down to the least important details.
- Lede: Tell the story quickly.
- Body: Retell the story with more detail. Write the body chronologically or in order or importance.
- End: End with the last detail. Do not write morals or summaries of the story at the end.
- Make sure the quote adds to the story
- Make sure the quoted words are the person's exact words
- Paraphrase when necessary
- Don't put words in a speaker's mouth
- Place attribution carefully
- Avoid inverted attribution: "....," said source. The correct attribution is: "....;" source said.
- Make sure it is clear who is speaking
- Choose verbs carefully: use "said"
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